Mrs.  GEO.  S.  McCUNE. 


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Helen  B.  McAfee,  our  Mrs.  George  S.  Mc- 
Cune  of  Syen  Chyun,  Korea,  was  born  in 
Highland,  Kansas,  November  24,  1872.  In 
1875  her  parents  moved  to  Parkville,  Mo., 
where  she  was  educated,  graduating  from 
Park  Colleg'e  in  1892.  She  spent  one  year  at 
the  Western,  Oxford,  Ohio,  graduating  from 
there  1894.  Miss  McAfee  taught  in  Park 
College  Academy  two  years,  1895-1S97.  She 
spent  several  years  in  Colorado  Springs,  and 
Phoenix,  Arizona,  coring  for  her  invalid 
mother.  After  Mrs.  McAfee’s  death  in 
February,  1903,  she  returned  to  Parkville 
and  was  for  one  year  Preceptress  in  Park 
College,  having  charge  of  the  young  ladies, 
especially  those  who  were  members  of  the 
Park  College  Family.  On  June  14,  1904, 
Miss  McAfee  was  married  to  Mr.  George  S. 
McCune.  Mr.  McCune  also  a  graduate  of 
Park,  had  taught  one  year  there,  and  after¬ 
ward,  two  years  in  Coe  Colleg’e.  Cedar 
Rapids,  Iowa.  At  the  time  of  their  mar¬ 
riage  they  were  under  appointment  to 

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Korea,  but  were  asked  by  the  Board  to 
wait  one  year,  because  of  the  war  between 
Japan  and  Russia,  which  was  causing  a 
very  unsettled  condition  in  Korea, — at  least 
the  Board  thought  so.  When  the  mission 
found  the  McCunes  had  been  asked  to  wait, 
they  cabled  them  to  come  on.  The  word 
however,  came  too  late,  for  Mr.  McCune 
had  accepted  a  position  in  Coe  College  for 
another  year.  They  spent  that  year  in  Cedar 
Rapids,  Mr.  .McCune  teaching  and  Mrs.  Mc¬ 
Cune,  Preceptress  or  “Dean  of  Women,”  as 
they  call  it  in  Coe.  On  August  16,  1905, 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  McCune  sailed  from  San  Fran¬ 
cisco  for  Korea.  They  were  stationed  in 
Pyeng  Yang,  where  Mr.  McCune  was  asso¬ 
ciated  with  Mr.  Baird  in  the  Pyeng  Yang 
College  and  Academy.  In  the  fall  (1909) 
they  were  transferred  to  Syen  Chyun, 
where  Mr.  McCune  is  to  have  charge  of  the 
Hugh  O’Veill,  Jr.  Academy  and  Industrial 
Farm.  Mrs.  McCune’s  work  in  Pyeng  Yang 
was  among  the  women  and  children.  At 
the  time  she  left  Pyeng  Yang  there  were 
100  little  girls  under  her  care  in  the  Sun¬ 
day-school,  where  they  had  introduced 
some  of  the  methods  used  at  home. 

During  the  week  she  taught  in  the  Girl’s 
Academy,  in  Bible  Training  classes  for  wo¬ 
men.  when  in  session,  also  teaching  music. 

Mrs.  McCune’s  work  in  her  new  field  of  la- 

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bor  is  still  among  the  women.  She  will 
have  charge  of  the  women’s  Sunday-school, 
which  has  an  attendance  of  seven  to  eight 
hundred.  This  will  include  teaching  the 
teachers  each  Aveek,  and  a  general  over¬ 
sight  of  the  school.  She  has  two  dear  lit¬ 
tle  ones  of  her  oavh  and  is  a  most  devoted 
mother.  She  is  an  ardently  enthusiastic 
worker  in  the  mission  field.  Her  interest 
in  Foreign  Missions,  dates  from  her  earli¬ 
est  childhood.  She  cannot  remember  the 
time  when  she  was  not  intensely  interested 
in  missionaries,  and  missions.  Truly  has  she 
found  her  Avocation.  So  big  is  her  mother 
heart,  that  she  embraces  in  her  loving  min¬ 
istry  the  hundreds  of  Korean  girls  and  avo- 
men  committed  to  her  care,  Christ’s  oavh 
little  ones,  in  ministering  to  whom  she  is 
ministering  to  the  Master  Himself,  for  hath 
He  not  said,  “Inasmuch  as  ye  have  done  it 
unto  one  of  the  least  of  these  ye  have  done 
it  unto  me.”  He  Avho  knows  of  Park  Col¬ 
lege  and  its  influence,  knowing,  too,  the 
name  that  is  indissolubly  connected  with 
the  college,  are  not  surprised  that  the  man¬ 
tle  of  the  McAfees,  has  fallen  upon  their 
daughter,  making  her  one  of  the  most 
Aralued  workers  of  our  Board  of  the 
Southwest. 


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Published  by  the 

WOMAN’S  PRESBYTERIAN  BOARD  OF  FOREIGN 
MISSIONS  OF  THE  SOUTHWEST, 

708  Odd  Fellows’  Building, 

Sx.  Louis,  Mo. 


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